STAND. COM. REP. NO.  632

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1221

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1221 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to continue to prohibit the consumption of alcohol by minors while limiting the liability of licensees who sell, serve, or furnish alcoholic beverages at large public facilities by stipulating that the consumption of liquor by a minor shall not be deemed to be a violation if a licensee who serves alcohol in a large public facility receives the appropriate county liquor commission's approval of the licensee's security plans for preventing minors from consuming alcohol on the licensed premises, and the licensee implements that plan in good faith.

     Centerplate, Anheuser-Busch Sales of Hawaii, Paradise Beverages, Inc., and Better Brands testified in support of this bill.  The City and County of Honolulu Liquor Commission testified in opposition to this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Inserting a definition of "large public facility" to mean any publicly or privately owned property open for public use or to which the public is invited for entertainment or business purposes with an unspecified capacity;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1221, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1221, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair